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Correlational findings

Study Okulicz-Kozaryn (2010a): study ZZ World samples 1999

Public
18+ aged, general public, 70 nations, 1999-2008,
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 4
Sample
Respondents
N = 36460
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Importance of God
Our Classification
Distribution
1: 9% 2: 3% 3: 4% 4: 3%  5: 7% 6: 5% 7: 6% 8: 8% 9: 8% 10: 49%
Operationalization
self-report on single question: Importance of God? Please use this scale to indicate-10 means very important and 1 means not at allimportant.
1 not at all
.
.
10 very important

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = 0.05 p < .01 controlled for:
-person-level:
- Religion
   -Time with people at church
   -Religious
   -Belong to religious organization
   -Religion important in life
   -Believe in God
   -Attend religious services
   -Belong to religious denomination
-Socio-demographics
   -Age
   -Income
   -Education
   -Married
   -Divorced
   -Unemployed
-country-level:
-institutional quality index (KKZ)
-Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
-Inflation and Unemployment (Misery Index)
-Life expectancy